1975–76 NBA season

Infobox sports season
title =1975–76 NBA season
league =National Basketball Association
sport =Basketball
TV =CBS
season =Regular season
season_champ =Boston Celtics
MVP =flagicon|USA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (L.A. Lakers)
MVP_link =NBA MVP
top_scorer =flagicon|USA Bob McAdoo (Buffalo)
playoffs =Playoffs
playoffs_link =1976 NBA Playoffs
conf1 =Eastern
conf1_link =Eastern Conference (NBA)
conf1_champ =Boston Celtics
conf1_runner-up =Cleveland Cavaliers
conf2 =Western
conf2_link =Western Conference (NBA)
conf2_champ =Phoenix Suns
conf2_runner-up =Golden State Warriors
finals =Finals
finals_link =1976 NBA Finals
finals_champ =Boston Celtics
finals_runner-up =Phoenix Suns
finals_MVP =flagicon|USA Jo Jo White (Boston)
finals_MVP_link =NBA Finals MVP
seasonslist =List of NBA seasons
seasonslistnames =NBA
prevseason_link =1974–75 NBA season
prevseason_year =1974–75
nextseason_link =1976–77 NBA season
nextseason_year =1976–77The 1975–76 NBA season was the 30th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.

Notable occurrences

*Larry O'Brien begins his tenure as the league's third commissioner.
*The 1976 NBA All-Star Game was played at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the East beating the West 123-109. Dave Bing of the Washington Bullets wins the game's MVP award.
*The Kansas City-Omaha Kings are renamed the Kansas City Kings as they settle into a permanent home in Kansas City, Missouri.
*Arguably the greatest NBA game ever played occurred in Game 5 of the NBA Finals when the Celtics and the Suns go into triple-overtime before the Celtics prevailed 128-126. 17 years later, the Suns would be involved in another triple-overtime Finals game.
*This was the final season before the NBA-ABA merger.

Final standings

Eastern Conference

C - NBA Champions

1975-76 NBA statistics leaders

NBA awards

*Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
*Rookie of the Year: Alvan Adams, Phoenix Suns
*Coach of the Year: Bill Fitch, Cleveland Cavaliers
*All-NBA First Team:
**Rick Barry, Golden State Warriors
**George McGinnis, Philadelphia 76ers
**Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
**Nate Archibald, Kansas City Kings
**Pete Maravich, New Orleans Jazz
*All-NBA Rookie Team:
**Joe Meriweather, Houston Rockets
**Alvan Adams, Phoenix Suns
**Lionel Hollins, Portland Trail Blazers
**John Shumate, Phoenix Suns/Buffalo Braves
**Gus Williams, Golden State Warriors
*NBA All-Defensive First Team:
**Paul Silas, Boston Celtics
**John Havlicek, Boston Celtics
**Dave Cowens, Boston Celtics
**Norm Van Lier, Chicago Bulls
**Slick Watts, Seattle SuperSonics
*NBA All-Defensive Second Team:
**Jim Brewer, Cleveland Cavaliers
**Jamaal Wilkes, Golden State Warriors
**Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
**Jim Cleamons, Cleveland Cavaliers
**Phil Smith, Golden State Warriors

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